Company

A Little About Our History

AQMetrics was founded in 2012 by a blended team with deep experience in delivering regulatory risk and compliance solutions. We recognized that the accepted methods of managing risk and compliance were slow, outmoded and inefficient. We drew upon our backgrounds in technology, law and financial services to build a platform that performed markedly better. The AQMetrics platform has been tested, proven and perfected.

Our Vision

In an increasingly complex world our vision is to deliver a simple, effective and innovative way to address regulatory risk and compliance. We leverage the latest cloud computing and big data analytics technology to deliver an ultra-fast, high quality cloud based platform that saves our clients time and money. AQMetrics wants to be the leader in regulatory risk and compliance services for financial firms worldwide. We’re on our way.

Board of Directors

Geraldine Gibson

CEO

Geraldine has a distinguished 20-year career in the financial services software market. Prior to AQMetrics, her most recent role was as Head of Professional Services at BAE Systems. Previous to BAE, Geraldine served on the Management Team of the risk and compliance software company Norkom, which BAE acquired in 2011. Before Norkom, Geraldine was a software developer at the US high frequency trading firm, Susquehanna and a software developer at ORACLE. Geraldine graduated from the Sorbonne University Paris and Trinity College Dublin with a Degree in History. Geraldine is also a graduate of Computer Science from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth and holds a MBA from University College Dublin. Geraldine is a champion of equality, diversity and inclusion and believes that the most diverse teams produce the best products.

Claire Savage

COO

Claire has a stellar background in defence, risk and regulation. An engineer, her experience includes Country Manager for software solution delivery with BAE Systems, the defence and security giant. She has also played key business roles in two successful Irish fintech software companies, since acquired by FirstData and MasterCard. Claire holds an MMS in Management Science and a BE in Mechanical Engineering from University College Dublin. Her other passion is CoderDojo, where she founded and runs a volunteer-led club, where software engineers mentor a group of 50 enthusiastic kids in creative coding. At AQMetrics she makes things work.

Shay Garvey

Director

Shay is a founding partner of Frontline Ventures and one of the most active and experienced early stage technology investors in Europe. He was part of the core team of Delta Partners that raised 4 funds and €235m between 1994-2007. He has invested in 25 early stage tech companies and achieved exits over a number of cycles. He has deep networks among investors and the entrepreneurial community in Ireland and USA.

Earlier in his career Shay worked in industry with Exxon and Corning before joining McKinsey. Shay then returned to Ireland and spent seven years in the Irish startup scene as a founder/investor in two companies and CEO of a major food exporter before joining the venture capital industry.

Shay has served on the boards of the Irish Venture Capital Association, the Trinity College Science Gallery and the Harvard Business School European Leadership Council.

Leadership

The AQMetrics management team has a world of experience in the financial services arena. More importantly, we have the hunger to be excellent every day, constantly improving what we provide for our clients. Here’s our core leadership team.

Geraldine Gibson

CEO

Geraldine has a distinguished 20-year career in the financial services software market. Prior to AQMetrics, her most recent role was as Head of Professional Services at BAE Systems. Previous to BAE, Geraldine served on the Management Team of the risk and compliance software company Norkom, which BAE acquired in 2011. Before Norkom, Geraldine was a software developer at the US high frequency trading firm, Susquehanna and a software developer at ORACLE. Geraldine graduated from the Sorbonne University Paris and Trinity College Dublin with a Degree in History. Geraldine is also a graduate of Computer Science from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth and holds a MBA from University College Dublin. Geraldine is a champion of equality, diversity and inclusion and believes that the most diverse teams produce the best products.

Claire Savage

COO

Claire has a stellar background in defence, risk and regulation. An engineer, her experience includes Country Manager for software solution delivery with BAE Systems, the defence and security giant. She has also played key business roles in two successful Irish fintech software companies, since acquired by FirstData and MasterCard. Claire holds an MMS in Management Science and a BE in Mechanical Engineering from University College Dublin. Her other passion is CoderDojo, where she founded and runs a volunteer-led club, where software engineers mentor a group of 50 enthusiastic kids in creative coding. At AQMetrics she makes things work.

Steve Barnes

CTO

Steve has designed and built risk, compliance and defence solutions for more than 30 tier one financial institutions across the globe. He was a member of the original start-up team in Norkom Technologies, the world leading financial crime analytics software company acquired by BAE Systems in 2011.Prior to joining AQMetrics in 2016, Steve was an enterprise architect at BAE, designing surveillance solutions for capital markets, commercial banks and retail banks globally.

Steve is a graduate of Electronic Engineering and Integrated Circuit fabrication from the Dublin Institute of Technology. His other passion is road cycling and he can regularly be seen on his bike struggling up hills in the Wicklow Mountains.

Barry McCarthy

CFO

Barry has extensive experience in financial services and regulatory
reporting. Barry previously served as EMEA Finance Director of ITG.
ITG is a publicly quoted global financial technology company that helps
leading brokers and asset managers improve returns for investors
around the world. Barry has expertise in managing a finance team,
supporting senior management, leading projects and communicating
strategies &amp; results to key stakeholders. Barry is a qualified chartered
accountant who trained with EY. Barry holds a Bachelor of Commerce
Degree from University College Dublin and a Master of Accounting from
the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School.

Team

AQMetrics benefits from our well-trained and seasoned team members. We’re always seeking great people. jobs@aqmetrics.com will get your resume in front of us.

Cathal Connolly

Head of Global Regulatory Reporting

Cathal has 14 years of regulatory and fund accounting expertise in senior roles at Citco and most recently State Street, where he served as Global Regulatory Reporting Director. Cathal was involved in setting up the Regulatory Reporting department within State Street and launching new clients required to file global regulations. He has worked on some of the worlds leading hedge funds for Regulatory Reporting and also NAV reporting. Cathal graduated with an honours BA Degree from Portobello College Dublin. He is a keen golfer and can be found looking for golf balls at the weekend.

Lorna Devlin

Sales Information Manager

Lorna has an impressive record of achievement in consulting, fund administration and training. She spent five years at The Bank of Ireland Share Registration and then moved to INVESCO where she worked for 10 years in Registration, Dealing and Customer Service. Lorna manages the information flow spanning sales, support, and marketing creating effective customer interactions.

Andrew Fox

Quantitative Engineer

Andrew has an affinity for numbers, and spends much of his time using pure mathematics to enhance the AQMetrics platform. At AQMetrics Andrew is the Quant who codes and leads the analytics team. Prior to AQMetrics Andrew worked at IBM. Andrew holds 1st class honours in Computer Science and an M.Sc. by research in Mathematical Physics from The National University of Ireland, Maynooth where he contributed to the understanding of how Charged Black Holes relate to Quantum Scalar Fields. Andrew proves that studying complicated Mathematics at university level can be a winning formula for developing practical yet simple solutions for industry.

Lorraine Lyons

Business Development

Lorraine holds an MSc in IT Management from Maynooth University, authoring research in conjunction with Salesforce.com, ‘Processes implemented by SaaS companies to deliver improved productivity metrics’. Prior to AQMetrics, she worked at IBM’s European Digital Sales Centre as part of the Inside Sales software group. She also spent time learning her trade in a start up environment, in the telecommunications and sports industries.

Jody Collins

Product Analyst

Jody guides AQMetrics customers successfully through existing and emerging regulations. She maps new and emerging financial services regulations to the AQMetrics platform and ensures our customers meet their compliance obligations. Jody’s experience as both a fund accountant and a data analyst, proves an ideal backdrop for this role. She holds a BA in Computer Science and German from Trinity College Dublin.

John Hendrick

Product Analyst

Through his role on the AQMetrics customer success team, John has a deep understanding of our customers business operation model. John joined AQMetrics from W&W Advisory Dublin Limited, a subsidiary of W&W Asset Management GmbH where he worked in the Back Office, Trade Settlement and Compliance department. Over his twenty year career in the funds industry John has also worked at The Bank of New York Mellon, Goldman Sachs Administration Services, HSBC Securities Services Ireland, Citi and PNC Financial Services. John holds an Advanced Degree in Project Management from the Dublin Business School.

Ray Payne

Office Manager

In his role as office manager, Ray is the foundation of operational efficiency at AQMetrics. He ensures the frontline communications with our customers and suppliers are seamlessly managed. He oversees all site operations and plays a key role in business continuity management and information security.

Ray holds a first class honours degree in Politics and Sociology from National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Nora Grendon

Human Resources Manager

In her role as Human Resources and Recruitment Manager, Nora oversees employee wellbeing, employer branding, candidate experience and new team member onboarding. She is dedicated to creating a mindful and supportive working environment for her colleagues in AQMetrics.

Prior to AQMetrics, Nora was HR Business Partner for Irish Water, playing a instrumental role in building the team for this national utility. She also held key roles in Merck Sharp Dohme, Intel, PayPal and Allianz.

Nora is a graduate of the National College of Ireland, with a degree in Human Resources and Industrial Relations.

Wesley Cooper

Data architecture is about much more than where to store your data. Wesley is inspired by great data and how best to deliver rich insights, securely and exactly when they are needed.

Before joining AQMetrics, Wesley spent 10 years designing and developing real-time analytics platforms for global leaders in the gambling and telematics industries.

Corporate Social Responsibility

The AQMetrics team firmly believe that CSR is the obligation of all companies, both large and small, in the ecosystem.

Likewise we believe that every team member should be involved in contributing to our CSR programme. At AQMetrics we take Corporate Social Responsibility seriously.

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We are committed to building a diverse team. We believe that diverse teams produce stronger, more sustainable companies.

2

We share our expertise with communities that can benefit from our skills. We are active in CoderDojo, a volunteer lead movement mentoring kids to creatively code.

3

We offer meaningful internships and employment opportunities in the local community.

4

We are an active industry partner with www.fit.ie, an organisation dedicated to building an inclusive Smart Economy by creating technical skills for those at risk of unemployment long term. We help to enable greater access to employment for marginalised job seekers.